The Reon pocket can cool the body by 23 F, has battery to last 90 minutes, and is only 3 ounces. Much nicer than those body vests runners were wearing for Doha WC.
Wear it for a half or part of a full marathon, get a competitive advantage. Thoughts?
The Reon pocket can cool the body by 23 F, has battery to last 90 minutes, and is only 3 ounces. Much nicer than those body vests runners were wearing for Doha WC.
Wear it for a half or part of a full marathon, get a competitive advantage. Thoughts?
Who needs that when you can have your own Cuban hanging out of van giving you ice hats?
Who needs that when you can have your own Cuban hanging out of van giving you ice hats?
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It can cool the body by 23F? That's stunning, surprised it doesn't kill people.
How exactly is this supposed to work?
track chick wrote:
It can cool the body by 23F? That's stunning, surprised it doesn't kill people.
I was thinking the same thing! Hypothermia is defined as body temp below 92F so even if running and getting to 103F that means your body would be down to 80F.
Why not? I don't think that it's forbidden. I think it will be beneficial for the runner because it will give more energy and endurance. Air conditioners are very good in any domain)) I think if I would not have an air conditioner at home it would be a disaster for sure. Sometimes when the temperature outside is 100F+ it is impossible to stay in an apartment, especially if you are leaving on the last floor. I found from https://lifestox.com/best-air-cooler-india/ a good list and I'm thinking now which one should I take.
Why didn’t anyone tell me about this some months ago?!
The Reon pocket can cool the body by 23 F, has battery to last 90 minutes, and is only 3 ounces. Much nicer than those body vests runners were wearing for Doha WC.
That is completely incorrect. Definitely some creative journalism being applied there.
What they mean is the surface of the device is capable of getting 23F cooler than the surface of the body that it is touching. If your skin is at 95F, it would be equivalent to having a 72F piece of plastic touching you. Which is essentially nothing. Far less effective than sweating profusely into a fast-wicking vest or t-shirt.
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What they mean is the surface of the device is capable of getting 23F cooler than the surface of the body that it is touching. If your skin is at 95F, it would be equivalent to having a 72F piece of plastic touching you. Which is essentially nothing. Far less effective than sweating profusely into a fast-wicking vest or t-shirt.
Yeah, is that any different from being exposed to room temperature air on a tiny area of your body? Lmao
There is a precedent:
https://runningmagazine.ca/uncategorized/man-run-london-marathon-four-times-fridge/
Can carry his drinks too.
Maybe slip it down the front of your shorts so it blows on your balls?
My guess is that a hobbyjogger like me. Will wear it during a marathon. But runners that place in the prize money. Won't be eligible for prize money. It could fall under mechanical assistance.
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My guess is that a hobbyjogger like me. Will wear it during a marathon. But runners that place in the prize money. Won't be eligible for prize money. It could fall under mechanical assistance.
Not unless you slap a Nike logo on it. Then anything and everything is all of a suddenly legal.
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What they mean is the surface of the device is capable of getting 23F cooler than the surface of the body that it is touching. If your skin is at 95F, it would be equivalent to having a 72F piece of plastic touching you. Which is essentially nothing. Far less effective than sweating profusely into a fast-wicking vest or t-shirt.
The term 'air conditioner' is incorrect. There is no 'air cooling' effect, it is direct convection and -8 deg C differential on such a small area is infinitesimal compared to your own 'air conditioner', temperature regulation through sweating.
This won't stop people 'thinking it works ' though.
FM117 wrote:
Maybe slip it down the front of your shorts so it blows on your balls?
Bruce Fordyce (great speaker) related a very funny anecdote of running in the sub 3 bus in that hot Boston about 10 yrs back.
They grabbed handfuls of ice at a drink station, and Fordyce put some under his cap (for later), his mate tried the same but being bald his head got too cold, and he shoved it into the front of his shorts. A few hundred metres later his balls were freezing instead and he pulled out a handful, and was about to discard it as a female runner charged through the middle of them shouting "Ice" !! and grabbed it out of his hand.
They both were stuck in mid sentence warning her as she shoved the ball sweat and vaseline contaminated ice into her mouth
In the, IIRC, early 1980s, I invented a better device than this and tested a prototype in hot, humid Florida in summer. It worked.
Imagine a long, skinny Camelbak that's about 3 0" long and insulated on three sides filled with ice that you wear around your neck like a horse collar. At the neck, it velcros to hold it closer to the carotid artery to cool the blood as it goes to the brain.
As the ice melts, you could drink the ice water from a tube (like with a Camelbak) for an additional cooling effect.
The first prototype worked great for about 45 minutes until the ice melted. With better insulation, it might have lasted over an hour.
I even considered trying to patent it, but I thought cooling the blood going to the brain might trick the body somehow and wind up killing people so I dropped the idea.
Typo.... about 30" long... I don't remember how long the prototype was. It was about 4 inches wide and long enough to wrap around the neck and fasten around the upper chest like running vests do today.
This was before Camelbaks and running vests were invented. Too bad I didn't think of either of those ideas.
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